Shrinking sea
The crossword clue "Shrinking sea" is answered by ARAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 49 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ARAL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARAL answer page.
Used 49 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ARAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARAL, most used first.
- Asian sea - used 125 times, most recently in 2018
- Asia's ___ Sea - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Shrinking Asian sea - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Russian sea - used 72 times, most recently in 2012
- Sea east of the Caspian - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Asian inland sea - used 53 times, most recently in 2012
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- Arabian Sea gulf - ADEN, used 74 times
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